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BELL, ROBERT R. – 1964
REPORTED IS A STUDY OF THE ASPIRATIONS OF 202 NEGRO MOTHERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. AN INTERVIEW SCHEDULE WAS ADMINISTERED BY TWO NEGRO WOMEN TO FOUR SUBGROUPS OF LOW AND HIGH STATUS MOTHERS. SUBGROUPS WERE DEFINED ON THE BASIS OF EDUCATION AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN. THE ASPIRATION OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE EXAMINED WITHIN THREE CATEGORIES--(1)…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Mothers, Career Choice, Children
Everett, Lou – 1980
A study was made to determine whether nurses apply scientific theories in rearing their children or whether social class values have more influence on their childrearing practices. Surveyed were 119 registered nurses whose educational levels ranged from a diploma to a doctorate in nursing; 62 percent of the nurses responded. A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Discipline, Knowledge Level
Loury, Glenn C. – New Perspectives, 1984
The values, norms, and behaviors of the lower class Black community are inconsistent with achievement in American society and with the ethos characteristic of much of the Black middle class. Black leadership should directly address the problems faced by poor urban Blacks through constructive, internal institution building. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Leadership, Lower Class, Middle Class Standards
Smith, Carol M. – 1980
This report offers the results of an effort to trace a value profile of school superintendents, who are distinguished both by a high level of professional education and by a need to relate effectively with those who have a lower level of education. The intent was to examine the growing polarity between a highly educated liberal…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMalpass, Roy S.; Symonds, John D. – 1972
Preferences for 92 values, obtained from a survey of cross-cultural studies of values, were obtained from two separate and geographically distant sets of groups consisting of black and white males and females of lower- and middle-Class status. The middle-class black population was of insufficient size to include, however. Value preferences were…
Descriptors: College Students, Goal Orientation, High School Students, Middle Class Standards
Morgan, William R.; And Others – 1978
A social structural theory of social class differences as reflected in the nature of parent's work, is used to explore class-differentiated family background influences on school and achievement related outcomes of adolescents. Father's high or low job complexity is thought to be related to parental values for either self-direction or conformity,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Style, Conformity, Cultural Context
Bar-Yam, Miriam; And Others – 1979
The relationship between moral development and cultural and educational background is examined. Approximately 120 Israeli youth representing different social classes, sex, religious affiliation, and educational experience were interviewed. The youth interviewed included urban middle and lower class students, Kibbutz-born, Youth Aliyah…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Arabs, Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Studies
